Evangelical Biography: Being a Complete and Fruitful Account of the Lives ... & Happy Deaths of Eminent Christians : who Have Shone with Distinguished Lustre ...J. Stratford, 1807 - Christian biography |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 9
... took particular delight in preach- ing that free grace which he himself had tasted and en- joyed . To this , his congregation can bear a decided testi- mony ; and , I hope , my dear friends , you will prove your love to the gospel ...
... took particular delight in preach- ing that free grace which he himself had tasted and en- joyed . To this , his congregation can bear a decided testi- mony ; and , I hope , my dear friends , you will prove your love to the gospel ...
Page 21
... took place in his church , he thought it his duty to remove . But after he was gone , he had the happiness of finding that his ministry had been blessed to many of his hearers . After the death of the pious Mr. Pearsal , of Taunton ...
... took place in his church , he thought it his duty to remove . But after he was gone , he had the happiness of finding that his ministry had been blessed to many of his hearers . After the death of the pious Mr. Pearsal , of Taunton ...
Page 37
... took away his purse , and led him away in triumph , till Captain Gibbon , one of the com- manders , who had been his scholar , at Rasen , saw and released him . But after the garrisons were reduced he remained unmolested . His great ...
... took away his purse , and led him away in triumph , till Captain Gibbon , one of the com- manders , who had been his scholar , at Rasen , saw and released him . But after the garrisons were reduced he remained unmolested . His great ...
Page 39
... took place , they removed to- Therbrook in Derbyshire , where they lived two years , frequently visiting their Nottingham friends . In 1668 they removed to Mansfield , where they continued nine- teen years ; in which time they often ...
... took place , they removed to- Therbrook in Derbyshire , where they lived two years , frequently visiting their Nottingham friends . In 1668 they removed to Mansfield , where they continued nine- teen years ; in which time they often ...
Page 52
... took fire with the first flame , which instantly put Latimer out of his pain : but there was so much wood thrown on the fire where Ridley was , that the flame could not break through it ; so that his legs were almost consumed before it ...
... took fire with the first flame , which instantly put Latimer out of his pain : but there was so much wood thrown on the fire where Ridley was , that the flame could not break through it ; so that his legs were almost consumed before it ...
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance Act of Uniformity afterwards answer appeared archbishop attended Bedworth began bishop bishop of London blessed born Bunhill Fields called Cambridge chapel Christian church church of England College congregation continued conversation Countess of Huntingdon death desired died discourse Dissenters divine doctrine ejected eminent England esteem excellent faith father favour friends funeral sermon gave glory Gospel grace hear heard hearers heart holy honour Jesus Christ John John Lesley king labours lady Launceston learning lecture lived London Lord Lord's day Lord's Supper ment mind minister ministry morning never Nonconformity occasion ordained Oxford parish pastor persons piety pious pounds pray prayer preached preacher published pulpit received religion religious removed returned Saltren says Scotland Scriptures sent shew soon soul spirit studies things Thomas thought tion took town truth tutor Whitefield Wickliffe word Zuinglius
Popular passages
Page 207 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 379 - Some Latin Essays, supposed to have been written as exercises at this academy, show a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological, such as very few attain by a much longer course of study. He was, as he hints in his Miscellanies...
Page 382 - ... for children he condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion, and systems of instruction, adapted to their wants and capacities, from the dawn of reason through its gradations of advance in the morning of life. Every man, acquainted with the common principles of human action, will look with veneration on the writer, who is at one time combating Locke, and at another making a catechism for children in their fourth year. A voluntary descent...
Page 371 - Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning ; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave : for he shall receive me.
Page 265 - And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Page 287 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Page 381 - Here he enjoyed the uninterrupted demonstrations of the truest friendship. Here, without any care of his own, he had every thing which could contribute to the enjoyment of life, and favour the unwearied pursuits of his studies.
Page 380 - A coalition like this, a state in which the notions of patronage and dependence were overpowered by the perception of reciprocal benefits, deserves a particular memorial; and I will not withhold from the reader Dr.
Page 409 - ... childish days, I trust I was enabled to speak with some degree of gospel authority. Some few mocked, but most for the present seemed struck; and I have since heard, that a complaint had been made to the bishop, that I drove fifteen mad the first sermon.
Page 287 - Lord to be so gracious to him, he replied : ' 0 what a blessing it is you are made willing to give me up into the hands of my dear Redeemer, and to part with me : it will not be long before God takes me ; for no mortal can live (bursting while he said it into tears of joy) after the glories which God has manifested to my soul.